Federal Update Jeff Baker, Federal Student Aid November 12, 2013.

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Federal Update Jeff Baker, Federal Student Aid November 12, 2013

DEFAULT RATES 2

3 Information is Embargoed

Cohort Default Rate National Student Loan Default Rates The FY 2010 Official 3-Year national rate is 14.7% Which represents an increase of 9.7% from the FY 2009 Official rates of 13.4% The FY 2010 Official 3-Year national rate is 14.7% Which represents an increase of 9.7% from the FY 2009 Official rates of 13.4% Information is Embargoed

INTEREST RATES (EA – August 9, 2013) 5

Interest Rates  The Administration worked with Congress to reach agreement on a plan to reverse the interest rate increase.  New rate structure applies to all loans first disbursed after June 30, 2013.

Interest Rates  Rates the same for both subsidized and unsubsidized loans.  Rates different between undergraduate students and graduate students.  Fixed rate set each year for a cohort of loans.  First disbursed between July 1 and June 30.  Applies for the life of the loan.

Interest Rates  Rates based on 10 Year T-Bill plus add-on –  Undergraduate Students - Sub and Unsub  Cap of 8.25 percent  3.86% for this year compared to last year’s 3.4% and what would have been 6.8%  Graduate students – Unsub only  Cap of 9.5 percent  5.41% for this year compared to last year’s 6.8%.

Interest Rates  PLUS Loans (parent and grad/professional)  Cap of 10.5 percent.  6.41% for this year compared to 7.9%.  Consolidation Loans – Same weighted average but with no cap. Cap was 8.5%

Sequestration GEN (corrected October 25) 10

11  Pell Grant Program -  No impact  FWS and FSEOG Programs  institutional amounts reduced  No word on institutional amounts Sequestration

12  TEACH Grant awards reduced by 6.0 percent for FY 2013 and 7.2 percent for FY 2014  Iraq-Afghanistan Service Grant awards reduced by 10.0 percent for FY 2013 and 7.2 percent for FY 2014  Both Grant Programs - FY 14 reduction for any grant where the first disbursement is made between October 1, and September 30, 2014 Sequestration

13  Direct Subsidized and Direct Unsubsidized loan fees increased from 1.0 percent to percent for loans first disbursed on or after July 1, 2013 and before December 1,  Direct PLUS loan fees (parent and grad) increased from 4.0 percent to percent for loans first disbursed on or after July 1, 2013 and before December 1, Sequestration FY 2013

14  Direct Subsidized and Direct Unsubsidized loan fees increased from percent to percent for loans first disbursed on or after December 1, 2013 and before October 1,  Direct PLUS loan fees (parent and grad) increased from percent to for loans first disbursed on or after December 1, 2013 and before October 1, Sequestration FY 2014

Defence of Marriage Act (DOMA) 15

Defense of Marriage Act  On June 26, 2013 the Supreme Court struck down section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) that provided that for purposes of federal programs, a marriage can only be between one man and one woman.  Impacts the FAFSA/EFC and Income Driven Repayment plans.  ED is waiting for guidance from the U.S. Department of Justice as to the specific implications and timing of the ruling. 16

FAFSA – Parental Information (DCL GEN-13-12) 17

FAFSA CHANGES – PARENTAL DATA  What?  Beginning with the FAFSA, dependent students’ FAFSA must include income and other information about both of the student’s legal parents (biological or adoptive) if the parents are living together, regardless of the parents’ marital status or gender. 18

FAFSA CHANGES – PARENTAL DATA  Why?  Collecting parental information from both legal parents will result in fair treatment of all families by eliminating longstanding inequities that were based on the legal relationship of the parents (married or not married) rather than on the parents’ relationship with their child. 19

FAFSA CHANGES – PARENTAL DATA  How will information about a student’s unmarried parents be collected on the FAFSA?  The FAFSA will include a response of “Unmarried and both parents living together” to the parents’ marital status question. Instructions and help text will explain that parents are the student’s legal (biological or adoptive) parents if those parents live together. 20

FAFSA CHANGES – PARENTAL DATA  Because unmarried parents may be of the opposite sex or of the same sex, when the response to the parents’ marital status question is “Unmarried and both parents living together,” follow-up questions will refer to the parents as “Parent 1 (father/mother)” and “Parent 2 (father/mother)” or simply “parents”. 21

FAFSA CHANGES – PARENTAL DATA  Since the unmarried parents could not have filed a joint IRS tax return together, FOTW will provide instructions on how the family should respond to questions such as “tax filing status”, “type of tax return”, and to AGI and other tax return questions. This also applies to married parents whose IRS filing status is “Married filing separately”. 22

Foster Care ( DCL GEN-13-18) 23

EXTENDED FOSTER CARE  Foster care payments paid by a state to foster parents are excluded from both EFC and EFA.  Payments paid by a state directly to the former foster care youth are also excluded from EFC and EFA if –  Payments are made under the authority of Title IV-E of the Social Security Act. 24

Pell Duration of Eligibility 25

Pell Duration of Eligibility  Student’s eligibility to receive Pell Grant limited to 12 semesters (or its equivalent)  Applies to all students effective with the award year  Calculation includes all earlier years of the student’s receipt of Pell 26

Pell Duration of Eligibility  Calculate the equivalency by adding together each of the annual percentages of a student’s scheduled award that was actually disbursed to the student.  LEU – Lifetime Eligibility Used  Once LEU reaches 600%, student no longer eligible  If LEU more than 500% but less than 600%, partial eligibility for next award year 27

150% Direct Subsidized Loan Limit 28

Subsidized Loan Limit  Statute: On July 6, 2012, the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21 st Century Act (MAP-21) was enacted (P.L ).  Regulations: Interim Final Regulations published on May 16,

Subsidized Loan Limit  Limit on how many years a “first-time borrower” may receive subsidized loans.  Applies to first-time borrowers on or after July 1, A first-time borrower is one who -  Has no balance on any FFEL or Direct Loan on July 1, 2013, or  Receives first Direct Loan (any type) on or after July 1,

Subsidized Loan Limit  Condition - Student has received Direct Subsidized loans for a period of time that is equal to 150% of the published length of the student’s current academic program.  Result - Student may not receive additional subsidized loans for enrollment in that program or any program of equal or lesser length. 31

Subsidized Loan Limit  Students maximum time to receive subsidized loans is established based on the length of the program the student is enrolled in.  Remaining subsidized eligibility is calculated by subtracting from maximum eligibility for the program, the time the student has already received subsidized loans for enrollment in any program. 32

Subsidized Loan Limit  Example 1 –  Student receives three years of subsidized loans for enrollment in a two-year program.  Student ineligible for any additional subsidized loans –  For any continued enrollment in that program, and  For enrollment in any other program of equal or shorter length. 33

Subsidized Loan Limit  Example 2 –  Student receives three years of subsidized loans while enrolled in a two-year program.  Student transfers to a four-year program.  Student has three years of remaining subsidized loan eligibility. 34

Subsidized Loan Limit  Example 3 –  Student receives two years of subsidized loans while enrolled in a four-year program.  Student transfers to a two-year program.  Student has one year remaining subsidized loan eligibility. 35

Subsidized Loan Limit  Example 4 –  Student receives three years of subsidized loans while enrolled in a four-year program.  Student transfers to a two-year program.  Student has no year remaining subsidized loan eligibility. 36

Subsidized Loan Limit  A student who loses eligibility for additional subsidized loans may lose interest subsidy on previously received subsidized loans, if -  Student did not complete program, and  Continues in same program or,  Enrolls in another undergraduate program of the same or shorter length.  Effective on the date of the student’s continued or new enrollment. 37

Subsidized Loan Limit  Example 5 –  Student receives three years of subsidized loans for enrollment in a two-year program without completing the program.  Student loses subsidy on those three loans if the student –  Continues enrollment in that program, or  Enrolls in any other program of equal or shorter length. 38

Subsidized Loan Limit  Example 5A –  Student receives three years of subsidized loans for enrollment in a two-year program and completed the program.  Student does not lose subsidy even if the student –  Enrolls in a program of equal or shorter length. 39

Subsidized Loan Limit  Example 6 –  Student receives three years of subsidized loans while enrolled in a two-year program and then enrolls in a four-year program.  Student does not lose subsidy since the new program is longer than the prior program. 40

Subsidized Loan Limit  Example 7 –  Student receives two years of subsidized loans while enrolled in a four-year program and then enrolls in a two-year program.  Student does not lose subsidy even though the program is shorter because student never lost eligibility for additional subsidized loans. 41

Subsidized Loan Limit  Example 8 –  Student receives three years of subsidized loans while enrolled in a four-year program and then enrolls in a two-year program.  Student loses subsidy because upon enrollment the student lost eligibiity for additional subsidized loans. 42

Verification and Unusual Enrollment History 43

Verification  Same core FAFSA items as in  AGI and Taxes Paid  Four Untaxed Income Items  Education Credits  Number in Household and Number in College  SNAP, if reported on FAFSA/ISIR  Child Support paid, if reported on FAFSA/ISIR 44

Verification  Fraud Detection and Prevention –  Two new verification items to combat abuse  High School Completion Status  Identity/Statement of Educational Purpose  Out of 5.7 million FAFSAs selected for verification only 130 thousand selected for these items – About 2.2 percent. 45

Verification  Verification Tracking Groups  Eliminated Group V2 – SNAP  Added Group V6 – Household Resources  When reported income does not appear sufficient to support family size.  All untaxed income FAFSA items must be verified 46

Unusual Enrollment History  Students identified based on Pell Grant history - # of schools and # of years.  New ‘C’ Code added to ISIR.  New Unusual Enrollment History Flag (UEH FLAG) added to ISIR  Out of 18.5 million FAFSAs only 200 thousand selected – about 1 percent.  See DCL GEN

Regulatory Activity 48

49  Loans I – Final Rule  Published on November 1, 2012  Pay as You Earn  Total and Permanent Disability  150% Direct Subsidized Loan Limit – Interim Final Rule  Published May 16, 2013  Comment Period Ended on July 1, 2013  Final Final Rule to be published ??? Regulatory Activity

50  Pell Grant - Published on July 2,  Implemented the statutory changes that repealed the provisions that allowed an eligible student to receive a second Pell Grant Scheduled Award in a single award year.  No changes made from the Interim Final Rule published on May 2, Regulatory Activity

51  Loans II – Final Rule  Published on November 1, 2013  Repeal of Unnecessary FFEL Regulations and Updating of Direct Loan Regulations  FFEL Repayment Disclosures  Forbearance  Minimum Loan Period  Loan Rehabilitation  Closed School Discharge  School Enrollment Status Reporting Regulatory Activity

52  Gainful Employment  Negotiated Rulemaking has begun. Next session November  Campus Security and Crime Reporting  Result of the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women’s Act  Call for negotiators published on September 19,  Negotiations scheduled to begin in mid- January Regulatory Activity

53  Other Negotiated Rulemaking  Cash management, including use of debit and other cards  State authorization for distance education and foreign locations of domestic schools  Clock to credit hour conversion  Definition of adverse credit for PLUS loan borrowers Regulatory Activity

Experimental Sites 54

55  The Experiments – 150 schools  Pell Grant – Eligibility of students with bachelor’s degrees and eligibility of short- term programs  Study Abroad - Early and single disbursement  Unequal disbursements of Direct Loans  Reduced Unsubsidized loan amounts  Two experiments for students with intellectual disabilities  Still opportunity to participate (GEN-13-08). Experimental Sites